Background Endoscopic skull‐base surgery (ESBS) is employed in the management of
diverse skull‐base pathologies. Paralleling the increased utilization of ESBS, the literature in …

Introduction Despite their precarious behavioral classification (benign and low grade on
histopathology yet behaviorally malignant), great strides have been taken to improve …

BACKGROUND: Current treatment guidelines for clival chordomas recommend surgical
resection followed by high-dose radiotherapy (RT). However, in patients in whom gross total …

The management of base of skull (BS) chordomas is a neurosurgical conundrum owing to
their close proximity to the critical neurovascular structures. Surgical resection is the gold …

Introduction With the introduction into the neurosurgical practice of minimally invasive
methods using endoscopic techniques, it became possible to effectively remove hard-to …

Introduction. Clival chordomas represent a rare but clinically significant subset of skull base
tumors, characterized by a locally aggressive nature and a location in proximity to vital …

Objective To determine if early access to multidisciplinary surgical care affects outcomes in
patients with skull base chordoma. Method A retrospective chart review of prospectively …

Background Cranial base chordomas are complex lesions centered on the clivus that
surgically can be approached from either a midline or a lateral corridor. Objective To …

Background Until recently, tumors of the clivus and the anterior region of the posterior
cranial fossa were considered extremely difficult to access and often inoperable using …

Objective. Our main objectives were to analyze and determine the safety, risk of post-
operative complications, and surgical outcome of the endoscopic endonasal approach to the …